Rake.



s. L. smsow.

RAKE.

APPLICATION FILED IAN-29,1916.

1,244,789. Patented Oct. 30,1917.

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featuresof construction, 'coi'nbin'ation and parts hereinafter descrlbedspring 13 With a pin 14 projecting upwardly "following is aspecification.

To all whom it may concern.

' Be it known that I, SAMUEL L. STE'rsoN,

a citizen of'the U1iited State's, residing at St. Paul, in the'county ofRamsey and State of Minnesota, have inventedcertain-new anduseful'lmprovements in Rakes, of whichth'e *My invention relates toimprovements in rakes, 1ts ob ect bemg'to provlde improved means forcleaning grassfetc, from 'thel teeth'of the rake with the minimumjamountI -of inconvenience, and to this end consists in an improved cooperativeworking coinbination between the tooth supporting head of the'rake'and'the cleaning device which will permit the grass or othercollection'being forced from the teeth of the rake by the userwithout'moving the hands fronran ordinary holding position inconnfectionwith the rake handle. I i

f To this end theinvention consists "in the arrangement. of and claimed.e I I In the accompanying drawings forming part of'this specification,

Figure '1 is a perspectiveview of'the tooth'end of a rake embodying myof invention; a

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the connecting portionof the handle and toothend of a rake; and

Fig. 3 is a section on line of Fig. 2; Referring to the drawings, Arepresents a rake handle formed with an extending member or bar 2constituting a support for the tooth end of the rake. of the rakeconsists of the frame bars 3 having pivotal support 4 at their innerends upon the handle extension 2 and at their outer ends supporting inthe ordinary member the downwardly projecting rake teeth 5.

6 represents a comb of suitable. construction arranged in connectionwiththe teeth, the comb in the drawings being shown in the form of astrip or bar with forwardly extending teeth 7 standing-between the raketeeth. The comb. is carried by a central bar 8 which short of its rearend has fulcrum support 9 in the tooth rake supporting side bars 3. Theextreme rear end of the bar 8 has slot and pin connection 1011 with theadjacent end of the handle extension 2. A lug'lQ projects upwardly fromthe rear end of the bar 8 and is connected by a coil carrying frameif Ie a In operation, a downward throwbftheg handle will throw or turn the'toothen'd' of the rake downwardlyruponf itspivotal supert 4.Asth'eltooth end or 'thefrak e' turnsc features The tooth end frbm theextensiongend of the handler Wlll be noted, the distance between thep17;

otahconnectionjg' and the slot and pincon nect1onl0'11 1s much less thanthedis tance betweenthe slot and pin connection Specif cation of LettersPatent. .I Application med-many 29, a seri liiolvaog; f 4

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on its pivotalsupport tjitwill by ther'elar tive separation of the v,extreme end of the bar? and 'SldQ bars 3, as illustratedin Fig. 1, lftthe rear end of the bar 8, turning said the comb downwardly inconnectiofiwith'j the rake teeth to clean them. Thi's' move f ment ofthe comb supportbar Shi s compen sated for by the slot andfpinconnection 1011 between said bar and the extension 20f the; handle bar.The parts'will be returned to normal position by the coills'pring 13.The distance betweenthe rake support ing pivot 45 and the slot and pin;connection" 10 1l being greater than the d stimcebe tweensaid 'slot'an'dpin connection and the comb supporting pivot 9will cause the mew; mentof the'comb to be more rapid" than the downward movement of the raketeeth, which will result in the comb passing downwardly past the raketeethto clean thesan leg The relative speed of throw of the rake toothportion and the comb portion will be proportioned, "as will be evident,to the 'distance ratio between, said pivot 4L and the slot and pinconnection 10 ,11 an'd' the easier to restore the parts, tonormalposition through the influence of the spring 13. It will beevident that the operationof my construction depends entirely upon. the

throw of the tooth end of'therake which carries with it at a greaterspeedthe cleaning comb, and I thus secure aconstruction that 1s to themaximum degree slmple and convenlent 1n 1ts operation and onein whlchthe throw ordinarily imparted to a rake by a user of a rake ofordinaryconstruotion,

otally supported in connection with said. toothed 'end to swingtherewlth but at av greater speed and spring means for restoring saidcomb and toothed end in normal position.

' 2 A rake ofthe class described, comprising a handle portion, aplurality of'teeth pivotally supported upon the end of sald handleportion to swing transversely. there of,1a comb pivotally supported inconnection with said teeth and means causingsaid comb to be moved alongsaid teeth as said. teeth are, turned on their pivotal support" by a.transverse throw imparted to the toothed.

end of the rake.

3. A rake of the class described comprisingia handle portion, a toothedportion pivotally supported upon the handle portion .at a distanceinside the end thereof, a comb member arranged in connection with therake teethand' pivotally mounted on the supported framework of the raketeeth yond the handle portion, and a'slot and pin connection between thepivotally supported end-of said comb portion and the end of the handleportion for the purpose set forth.

4:. A' rake of the class described compr sing a handle portion, atoothedportion piv- .otally supported upon the handle portion at a distanceinside the end thereof, a comb member arranged inconnecti'on with therake teeth beyond the handle portion, a slot and. pin connection betweenthe piv- .otally supported end of said comb member and; the end of thehandle portion forthe purpose set forth, and aspring connection betweenthe slotted supported end of said comb member and the rake handle.

5. A rake of the class described comprising a handle, rake teeth, asupported framework for said rake teeth pivotally mounted upon thehandle at a distance shortlof the dle and the pivotally supported end ofsaid comb portion, the distance between said slot and pin connection andthecomb portionpivot beingless than the distance between saidv slot andpin connection andthe tooth I frame supporting pivot. I G. A rake of theclass described comprismg a handle, rake teeth, a supportedframework forsaid rake teeth pi'votally mounted upon tlie'handle at a distanceshortof'the endthereof, acomb portion arranged inconnectionwith said teethformed, with a rearwardly extending part fulcrumed in the supportingframework of the rake teeth be yond the end of the handle, a slot-andpin connection between the end of' the handle and the pivotallysupported end of said comb portion,the distance between said slotandlpin connection and the comb portion pivot being less'than thedistance between said slot and pin connection and'the tooth framesupporting pivot, and a spring normally holding the supporting frameworkof said teeth'and comb in alinement with'the handle.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

' SAMUEL L. STETSON. Vitn esses I H. SWANSON, H. S. JOHNSON.

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